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[[:Georg Cantor's first set theory article]] → {{no redirect|On a Property of the Collection of All Real Algebraic Numbers}} – Article is about this paper, so name it after the paper. See more elaborate remarks at the section [[#Title_containing_.22article.22]] above. [[User:Trovatore|Trovatore]] ([[User talk:Trovatore|talk]]) 20:20, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

A couple of points to think about:

* The title of Cantor's article "On a Property of the Collection of All Real Algebraic Numbers" does not capture what the article is famous for--namely, the uncountability of the set of real numbers. Gödel's article "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems I" does capture what the article is famous for. The reason for Cantor's choice of name is covered in the Wikipedia article.

* If we drop the "Georg" in the Wikipedia article's title, a reader who is interested in Cantor can type "Cantor" into the Search box and see the Wikipedia article along with other articles about Cantor's work. Being a reader who uses this feature of the Search box when I'm curious about a mathematician's or scientist's work, I think "Cantor's first set theory article" would be more reader-friendly than "On a Property of the Collection of All Real Algebraic Numbers."

* As far as "article" vs. "paper". See [http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-research-article-and-vs-research-paper Difference Between Research Article and Research Paper]. Two items of interest: "• There is a trend to refer to term papers and academic papers written by students in colleges as research papers whereas articles submitted by scholars and scientists with their groundbreaking research are termed as research articles. • Research articles are published in renowned scientific journals whereas papers written by students do not go to journals."